RE: Has the Lists "Mission Statement" Changed???

Sorry you feel you've been striking out lately.
Participation is voluntary, so when a list participant considers
answering a question, especially if you consider yourself a non-expert (like
me), the question that darts through one's mind is whether someone else on
the list might be likely to provide a better answer. Sometimes nobody else
answers. If nobody answers I'm often willing to take a swing because that
will often provoke someone to respond with a better answer. But there isn't
an easy way to go back and check for unanswered questions. I think that if
your question isn't answered in a day or two, you should repost the
question, possibly rephrasing it.

How a question is phrased can increase the likelihood of a response. If
you've considered and rejected some obvious solutions, mention them so your
responders don't point out something you've already rejected.

Has this Lists "Mission Statement" changed?
What I mean by this, is that I have asked two or is it three questions
here this year and received 0 answers.

Now when I first joined, a number of years ago, there was *a lot* of
help for the newbie questions, even if it was to guide them to the right
documentation.
Yet now I find not only my questions but others questions ignored.
Am I being paranoid?

My job is of such a nature that Oracle is not the only cap I wear and
hence am expected to be a jack-of-all-trades and it is impossible to be
master of anyone of those caps. So it is great to have a resource to
read and be able to ask questions, but I wonder if this is the right
forum now.

Denham

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